Invincible Simmons muffs the punt

So will "Gridiron Gang," the latest sports movie to ride the whole "based on a true story" tag. That's Hollywood's way of saying, "the real story was much less interesting, we spruced it up for you." Um, shouldn't we start figuring out where to draw the line on this one? At the end of "Invincible," Mark Wahlberg's character blocks a punt for the Eagles and runs it back for a touchdown, and I remember thinking at the time, "Well, they went too far, nobody in their right mind will ever believe that happened." Then I was discussing it with my father last week, who enjoyed the movie and sounded shocked when I mentioned the rigged ending.

"Really?" he asked. "That didn't happen? I mean, they said it was based on a true story."

just for the record, the movie did kind of make it up. you couldn't return a muffed punt then, only recover it. in real life, papale recovered it and the eagles kicked a field goal to win. in the movie, he returned it for a td.